At first, Steve’n’Seagulls sound and look like they’re something from the deep south. Georgia? Kentucky? West Virginia? (I don’t know what constitutes “the deep south” really, but I went to West Virginia once and shit got weird. Fast.) It turns out that this banjo-pluckin’, cello-strumming, anvil hittin’ band of hillbillies are actually from…Finland? Didn’t see…
When Betty Who is standing in front of you, she looks like a doll. A really tall, 6’1″ doll. Her blonde bob (short on the sides, longer and fluffy on top) bounces along with her as she shimmies her way across the stage. Her creamy white skin and soothing voice, just as dreamy as the…
I am a Global Citizen. I know this because I was told so just shy of 1,531 times this past weekend, standing in the middle of Central Park for the 2014 Global Citizen Festival. The festival united hundreds of thousands of people to help raise awareness about clean water and ending poverty by the year…
The almost-forgotten duet by Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson has finally been unearthed. “There Must Be More to Life Than This” is one of three unreleased tracks finally seeing the sun on the upcoming compilation Queen Forever. And it’s just as beautiful and amazing and sad as you expected. The duet between these two musical…
Sure, Brooklyn’s Ex Cops could be labeled as just another Indie Rock buzz band, but pigeonholing the duo would do them (and us) a great disservice. On last year’s True Hallucinations, Amalie Bruun and Brian Harding excelled in creating beautifully bipolar music, with light, beach-ready pop melodies intertwining with moody, sullen cuts. The debut…
Last week, Mates of State played a free show at McLevy Green in Bridgeport, Conn. Towards the end of their set, they covered Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” and it was EVERYTHING. We all know how much I love a good cover, right!? The Mates’ version of that silly-but-fun pop ditty accentuates what Mates of…
Two years ago, Ohio natives The KillTones released their debut self-titled record. The KillTones was straight up American Rock ‘n’ Roll that was so badly needed in the music scene at the time. Raw, loud, energetic. It was an honest, explosive release from a band that was hungry and ready to be heard. Now, they’re…
Milk was apparently not a bad choice for Texan three-piece rock outfit, Purple. (Though, it may have been a bad choice for a blog lead. Alas.) The band’s new single “Leche Loco” is the first release from their upcoming debut album (409) which hits stores November 10. “Leche” shows off the group’s Power Party…
Your ice bucket challenge sucks. I mean, it really blows. Congratulations for following the trend and dumping a little bit of water over your head and squealing like a pig. I saw the video. Your bucket wasn’t even full, nor did it have a sufficient amount of ice in it. But besides. Dave Grohl and…
Just minutes after hitting the stage and churning out “Get Back” and “All Hail Me,” the first two tracks off 1994’s American Thighs, the crowd at Music Hall of Williamsburg drowned out the band they had all come to see. It had been 16 years since Nina Gordon left the alternative grunge band Veruca Salt,…